Kate Moss will testify in the trial that pits her ex, Johnny Depp, against Amber Heard

The model Kate Moss will be a witness in the trial that pits actor Johnny Depp against his ex-wifealso an actress Amber Heardafter this mention Moss before the popular jury.

At the request of Depp’s lawyers, with whom he had a romantic relationship between 1994 and 1998, Moss will intervene this Wednesday in the Fairfax (Virginia) court.

Coincidentally, it was Heard herself who gave rise to the model intervening in the trial, when describing a altercation between Depp and his sister said it “reminded” him of a rumor that the actor allegedly pushed Moss down the stairs. “I didn’t hesitate, I didn’t wait. I immediately thought of Kate Moss and the stairs, and I hit him“Heard assured after acknowledging that he hit the actor to defend his sister while they both argued.

These words were almost celebrated by Depp’s lawyers inside the court, since according to the American press Moss maintains a good relationship with the actor and the mere mention of the incident allowed include the model in the witness list.

However, it seems that there were altercations during Moss and Depp’s romance. According to a chronicle published by the newspaper ‘The New York Times’ in 1994, the New York police arrested the actor after he trash a hotel room where the model was also staying, who never reported being a victim of violence.

For its part, Heard’s defense has declined to request that Depp testify again as a witness in the trial, which faces his last week before the popular jury meets to deliberate.

The journey of the trial

In addition to Heard and Depp, whose statements have lasted several days, during the four weeks of trial they have intervened psychologists, copsrepresentatives, domestic employees and even the couple’s therapist, who insisted that the abuse was “mutual” by both.

Last week, Whitney Henriquez, sister of Heard, assured that she saw how Depp repeatedly hit the actress in the face during an argument that occurred in the penthouse of the then couple in March 2015. She is, for the moment, the only witness who claims to have seen Depp hit Heard.

The April 11 began the legal battle in which The actor accuses his ex-wife of defamation for an article she published in the newspaper ‘The Washington Post’ in 2018, after her divorce, in which she claimed to have suffered “domestic abuse” without mentioning him.

Depp asks for 50 million dollars As a reward. For his part, Heard responded with a counterclaim in which he alleges that Depp has launched a smear campaign against him and claims 100 million.

It is the first time that the two celebrities have faced each other in court: in the trial held in 2020 in London, and which Depp lost, the actress attended as a witness, since the accusation was against the British newspaper ‘The Sun ‘ for an article calling the actor a “women’s aggressor.”